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DEFINITIONS.


1

Similar rectilineal figures are such as have their angles severally equal and the sides about the equal angles proportional.


2

[Reciprocally related figures. See note.]


3

A straight line is said to have been cut in extreme and mean ratio when, as the whole line is to the greater segment, so is the greater to the less.


4

The height of any figure is the perpendicular drawn from the vertex to the base.


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